American Hiker Shot by Suspected Mexican Cartel While on US Soil
Stepheny Price and Bill Melugin, Fox News, January 23, 2025
A hiker was brutally attacked by “suspected cartel members” while exploring a wilderness area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County, according to the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector.
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A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) source confirmed to Fox News that two suspected cartel members, who were armed with handguns, were about a thousand yards inside the U.S. in the Jacumba area when they confronted two hikers in the group and began yelling at them in Spanish.
The source said the hikers didn’t understand, so the gunmen yelled “come”.
At that point, the hikers feared they would be kidnapped, so they turned away. {snip}
When the hikers still didn’t respond, the alleged cartel members fired shots, striking one of the hikers in his leg.
Agents were able to successfully rescue the hikers, evacuate them, and said that all threats had been neutralized.
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